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“Now is the hard moment,” East Hampton Town’s planning director told the town board on Tuesday during an assessment of a ravaged coastline after three storms in the past month. “Now is the moment where we have to begin to behave differently,” Jeremy Samuelson told the board. “We can no longer simply continue to behave… Read More
Behind barbed wire and tangled between highways and railroads on Chicago’s South Side, the dockside at Iroquois Landing is often a hive of activity. In late fall, forklifts and dump trucks rushed to get pallets of lumber and mountains of iron ore off ships before Great Lakes locks and canals froze to a halt on… Read More
With beach replenishment expected to be needed more often and rising costs of providing it, DNREC is developing recommendations for local governments to help pay for it. Right now the cost is paid by the state and federal government. “Nothing we’re doing with this study is going to affect current projects or future planned projects,”… Read More
Salt marshes lace much of the South Coast shoreline, but not in New Bedford. Development of the harbor displaced nearly all traces of them more than a century ago. Now, with climate resilience in mind, the city and a nonprofit partner are building a salt marsh, from scratch, in one of New Bedford’s most densely… Read More
When one thinks of Georgia in the United States, images of Stone Mountain Park, the towns below the Blue Ridge Mountains, epic, long-distance hiking trails, cool swimming holes, and the natural awe of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park often come to mind. But it doesn’t stop there. Georgia offers even more than that. It’s a haven for some of the… Read More
TAMPA, Fla. — As climatologists predict more frequent and stronger storms, Florida coastlines face the risk of erosion. But now, there is a bill in the state legislature that aims to help our shores by expanding protections against mangroves. Mangroves are so important to coastline protection that there are laws protecting them. SB 32 calls for the expansion… Read More
The Jersey Shore is no stranger to beach erosion. Fierce waves during strong storms batter the coastline, eating away at the sand and dunes, leaving towns to figure out how to restore them in time for summer. Source
To reduce such massive flooding in the future, USACE is performing several coastal flood risk management projects like the Union Beach effort, all of which are partially funded by the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriation Act of 2013, or what is referred to as the ‘Sandy Bill.’ The autumn of 2012 saw Superstorm Sandy devastate… Read More
A new report suggests Minnesota has made small strides in slowing the loss of critical wetlands, although increased precipitation could be a factor. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources uses aerial imagery to analyze how much wetland area has been gained or lost. Its most recent report looked at changes from 2006 to 2020, when Minnesota had… Read More
Sand placement activities have ceased near the San Clemente Municipal Pier, according to local officials, as the San Clemente Shoreline Project’s contractor Manson Construction has moved its operations south to Solana Beach. Concerns over the project’s hopper dredge pumping out cobble and other materials onto the beach south of the pier prompted the delay, San… Read More
For those planning trips to Alabama’s beautiful Gulf Coast for spring break or summer vacation, expect to see an abundance of change for the better, including beach re-nourishment projects at the East End of Dauphin Island and in Baldwin County from west of Little Lagoon Pass all the way to the Florida-Alabama line. “It is… Read More
Midcoast Maine has suffered extensive damage as Saturday’s storm battered ruin to towns like Harpswell, New Harbor, Georgetown, and Boothbay Harbor. Between the homes, businesses, and commercial fishery industry infrastructure damaged by Saturday’s tides, Harpswell’s Emergency Management Director Mike Drake estimated they suffered millions of dollars’ worth of damage. “The commercial fishing industry down here was just… Read More
Maintenance dredging of the Marina del Rey Harbor entrance channel is underway and is scheduled to be complete in May. The construction contract was awarded to HME Construction in late November, and work began Jan. 1. The LA District is working alongside several project partners, including the U.S. Coast Guard and LA County’s Department of… Read More
Beaches and dunes are becoming trapped between rising seas and human infrastructure development, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the proximity of human infrastructure to the world’s sandy shores and found that, on average, the nearest building or paved road is only 390 meters (0.24 mi) from the sea. While the proximity to the beach… Read More
A bipartisan trio of state legislators hope to resolve a longstanding impasse between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and property owners delaying the renourishment of critically eroded beaches. Rep. Lindsay Cross (D-St. Petersburg), Rep. Kim Berfield (R-Clearwater) and Rep. Linda Chaney (R-St. Pete Beach) recently filed the House Memorial on shore protection. It urges their… Read More